Financiers live in a world of illusion. They count on something which they call the capital of the country, which has no existence.

The word morality, if we met it in the Bible, would surprise us as much as the word telephone or motor car.

An American has no sense of privacy. He does not know what it means.There is no such thing in the country.

You cannot have power for good without having power for evil too. Even mother's milk nourishes murderers as well as heroes.

Any belief worth having must survive doubt

Alcohol is a very necessary article. It enables Parliament to do things at eleven at night that no sane person would do at eleven in the morning.

The faults of the burglar are the qualities of the financier.